“Very good, I will proceed with Operation Shield and join you shortly.”

“Security Protocol 935.”

"Yes, I will dispose of Dr. Maxis and that little brat personally. Do not. Touch. Anything.”

The MPD is ready. Only time will tell what powers it may yield. But first, personal matters.

Dr. Richtofen loaded the Wunderwaffe into a concealed bag and entered the castle's hidden teleporter. If his men had followed orders the teleporter should send him to a receiving pad somewhere outside Der Riese, in Breslau, Germany.

Dr. Richtofen entered the facility. Its halls used to be filled with the voices of many of its scientists. Many men ready to perform great science. Since the massacre, the air was quiet. Some buildings had been bombed after the attack with large chunks blown out. Der Riese was a shadow of its former self.

Dr. Maxis paced back and forth looking between his clipboard and the clock on the wall.

“Dr. Maxis! How are you! Boy, those transport trucks sure take the life out of you. Such a long drive!”

“Damn you Richtofen! You are late! You are the one who told me to meet here at this time and you did not show.”

“Don't be so obtuse.”

“Richtofen, you are the reason Group 935 is in shambles! Why Germany lost the war! Why the men at this facility lost their lives...”

“Dr. Maxis, I think that's a bit of an unfair assessment.”

“Unfair? You refused to work on your given assignments, and because of it I received all the blame from the men who wrote our paychecks! What's fair about that? Enough of this, let's just begin our work. This is our only hope of surviving as an organization.”

“Yes, Doctor Maxis.”

Egotistical fool.

“Here is your prototype, Richtofen. Calibrate it so we may replicate your original walnut experiment. There is already one inside.”

Richtofen tuned the prototype teleporter to the walnut's correct weight and gave Dr. Maxis the thumbs up.

The dog barks soon came to an end as the light flashed and the dog disappeared.

“Receiving pad?”

“Uh, Dr. Maxis. It is on the receiving pad, but...not all together.”

“Come on, let's try again and get this right!”

The next dog was old and out of shape. It did not seem to even know where it was.

"Initiating test number three, subject is within the test chamber, activate power."

The dog had raised itself up to the glass looking inside. When the machine powered on, the dog violently exploded within the chamber. When it reopened, its entire body was splattered all throughout the inside. Blood coated the entirety of the pad.

“O-Oh my god!”

"Get a hold of yourself and clean that up! Test number three unsuccessful, test subject has been reduced to the same state as previous subjects, clean up the test chamber and re-calibrate the system! Let's do it again."

“Yes doctor.”

Edward mopped away the entrails and blood still visible on the floor of the pad. The splatter on the walls remained for the sake of time. He also needed to find a way to get Dr. Maxis in the teleporter.

"Don't be foolish! Test number five is unsuccessful. Subject has vanished, yes, but has not reappeared at the mainframe. Recalibrate the damn system, now!"

“Yes doctor...”

Dr. Richtofen left to the cages to find another dog and only one remained. The cage was labeled, “Fluffy – Last resort.”

“Dr. Maxis, this is the last dog.”

“Then you damn well have better calibrated it to correct specifications! That is my daughter's dog, Edward. We have no more options. How am I supposed to explain what happened to her poor Fluffy. All because of your failure as a scientist. Now tie it down.”

Fluffy growled and barked in the test chamber before vanishing. She had not shown up at the receiving pad.

"Damn it, Edward! Did you set up the device correctly?!"

"Yes Doctor. As per your specifications."

"If you had done it to my specifications then it would have worked, wouldn't it? As usual, your incompetence has-"

A flash of electricity appeared inside the test chamber, creating a echoing boom.

“What? Did you hear that Doctor?”

“Quiet you fool! Test number six is a failure, but the experiment has caused some kind of electrical force to energize within the chamber. Well, open the door!"

"Doctor, I don't think-"

"Open the door NOW!"

Samantha Maxis grew tired of waiting for her father. He had been acting so strange on the way there and demanded Fluffy be put into a cage. She roamed the halls of Der Riese trying to find her father. Strange things still remained in the facility. Brains in jars, strange writing on the walls and chalk boards, and pictures of opened-up bodies strewn about. She could hear her father's voice in one of the labs, he seemed angry. She silently entered the room and watched. Daddy was yelling at Dr. Richtofen about some kind of test and a door.

“Open the door NOW!”

The door to the strange device opened, and inside Samantha saw Fluffy, but not as she had ever seen her before. Bits of skin were gone showing her insides. She had blood all over her face and bright, white eyes. She was also on fire, but she was still alive.